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Best Foundations That Are Worth Your Buck
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items Foundation is one makeup product I’m VERY picky about because if I’m spending $40–$60 on it, I need it to actually make my skin look better. These are the foundations I think are genuinely worth the money, from lightweight everyday formulas to full-c...
If you want people to think you have amazing skin instead of amazing foundation, THIS is the one I’d look at. It gives medium, buildable coverage but still has that natural radiant finish where your actual skin shows through. Expensive, yes, but this...
Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation - NARS | Ulta Beauty
There is a reason people have been loyal to Double Wear forever. This is the foundation I’d want for a wedding, long workday, night out or literally any situation where my makeup needs to still look like makeup eight hours later. It gives you that po...
Double Wear Stay-in-Place Longwear Matte Foundation - Estée Lauder | Ulta Beauty
I know. $69 foundation. I KNOW. But if we’re talking about foundations that are actually worth a splurge, Luminous Silk has to be here. It gives that smooth, softly blurred, naturally glowy finish that somehow looks polished without looking heavy. Th...
ARMANI Luminous Silk Natural Glow Blurring Foundation ...
If your biggest foundation complaint is that it somehow makes you notice every pore you didn’t know you had, THIS is the kind of formula I’d try. It’s specifically made to give that blurred, airbrushed effect while still feeling lightweight and build...
Easy Blur Natural Airbrush Foundation with Niacinamide - HUDA BEAUTY
Haus Labs is one of those foundations I’d recommend to someone who wants coverage but absolutely hates FEELING foundation on their face. It’s weightless, medium coverage and has a really natural finish, plus the formula contains fermented arnica and ...
Triclone Skin Tech Medium Coverage Foundation with Fermented Arnica - Haus Labs
For the full-coverage girls who still want their face to look like a face. This gives medium-to-full buildable coverage with a natural matte finish, so you get that really polished base without immediately entering stage-makeup territory. I’d pick th...
Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Natural Matte Foundation ...
Dry-skin girls, I did not forget about you. This is the foundation I’d reach for when I want my skin to look juicy and luminous instead of fighting for its life underneath a matte formula. It’s hydrating, buildable and gives you that glowy finish tha...
SurrealSkin® Luminous Hydrating Foundation - MAKEUP BY MARIO
This is for anyone who wants glowy foundation but does NOT want to look greasy by lunchtime. Soft’Lit gives you that pretty naturally luminous finish while still being long-wearing and designed to control excess shine. Basically the middle ground bet...
Soft’Lit Naturally Luminous Hydrating Longwear Foundation - Fenty Beauty by Rihanna
Another splurge, but this is for the girl who wants her foundation to look expensive ON her face. The finish is glowy and perfected without being overly shiny, and I love that it’s designed for long wear because there is nothing worse than paying $60...
DIOR 'Dior Forever Skin Glow Foundation (Women)
Possibly the most appropriately named product for this list because this is genuinely such a good value. For $24 you get medium coverage, a natural finish and a hydrating formula, basically the things I’m looking for in foundations that cost twice as...
Best Skin Ever 16 Hour Natural Finish Liquid Foundation - SEPHORA COLLECTION
If dewy foundation becomes shiny foundation approximately thirty minutes after you leave the house, I’d go in this direction instead. Pro Filt’r is made for that soft-matte, long-wearing finish and is specifically designed with heat, sweat and shine ...
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Pro Filt'r Foundation
My matte NARS pick. This one is made to blur pores and give medium-to-full coverage while still having a lightweight, serum-like texture, which is exactly what I want from a modern matte foundation. Full coverage should not mean feeling like there is...
Natural Matte Longwear Pore Blurring Medium-to-Full Coverage Foundation - NARS
If Double Wear sounds like everything your dry skin does NOT want, look at this one instead. Futurist Hydra Rescue gives you medium-to-full coverage with a radiant, moisturizing finish and SPF 45. I love that you can still get real coverage without a...
Futurist Hydra Rescue Moisturizing Foundation SPF 45 - Estée Lauder | Ulta Beauty
This is the MAC foundation I’d pick for someone who remembers the super-matte foundation era and wants absolutely nothing to do with going back lol. It’s serum-powered and gives you a much fresher, more radiant finish while still evening everything o...
Studio Radiance Serum-Powered Foundation
I LOVE this as the final pick because it’s basically for someone who wants their foundation doing skincare overtime. The formula is heavily skincare-based and designed to hydrate, smooth and plump while giving you medium coverage and a luminous finis...
HD Skin Hydra Glow Skin Care Foundation with Hyaluronic ...